They are being forced to cut back on everything from food to prescription drugs.

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But there is a program that is helping New Mexicans like Marsha Long get prescriptions for free, or at a very low cost.

"I'm on several medications, I'm unemployed and although I have a bachelor's degree, I can't find work right now," Long said. "I'm at the point where I'm either paying for medications or food. It's a choice."

Long didn't know where to turn until hearing about the "Help is Here Express."

It's a bus touring the country, offering low and no-cost prescriptions to those who are uninsured or have recently lost their health benefits.

The program is run by the Partnership for Prescription Assistance.

It's helped more than 5 million people get access to medications since 2005.

Wednesday, it helped people in Rio Rancho.

"What we've done is put into one place all the more than 400 programs that can help people that are uninsured get free or nearly free medications," Cindy Loose, with the Pharmaceutical Research Association, said.

Trained experts asked for family income, the number of people per household and what drugs people were taking.

With that information they were able to match participants with programs and coupons to significantly decrease prescription costs, in many cases making them free.

Long was able to get help paying for her prescriptions.

She hopes others take advantage of the program.

"These people are here to help you and I think that we need to reach out for those resources if they're there," Long said.

The "Help is Here Express" is making stops in Roswell, Artesia, Alamogordo and Las Cruces on Thursday and Friday.